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WILLIAM AS. VAN HOESEN, OF SAUGERTIES, NEW YORK.

CORRUGATED VSCISSORS AND SHEARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 254,735, dated March *7, l82.

Application filed October 17, 1881. (Model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM S. VAN HonsEN, of the town of Saugerties, in the county ofUlsterand State of New York, have invented a new and usel'ul Improvement in Scissors and Shears, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings.

Myinvention relates to improvements in making the cuttingblades of scissors and shears, they being struck up of sheet metal, with cor! rugation or corrugations running along or near the back edge of the blades and through the handle,terminatinginthebows,makingalight, strong, and desirably-f'ormed instrument.

Figure l shows my invention when made and used as a combined scissors and button-hole cutter. Fig. 2 shows the form of steel blanks from which the parts of scissors are made. Fig. 3 is a sectional view ofthe blades on the linea@ of Fig. l, and Fig. 4 -is a sectional view of the handle on the line y y of Fig. 1.

The blanks are preferably cut from sheetsteel and then placed between suitable dies or formers, which, by means of a drop-press or any other suitable device, strike or bend them in the forni desired, as shown by Fig. l, which representsascissors complete. Theinneredges of the bows, at a in Fig. 2, are bent or formed outward, as shown by Fig. l at a a', for the purpose of giving them more width of bearing and a desirable shape for the ease of the iingers when in use. From the said bows to a' point, B, or to the cxtreme end of the blank or blade, as'may be deemed best, is forme-d a corrugation, running through the shank or handle portion of said blank or blade at C, and

then along the back edge of said blank or blade D. The shape of said corrngation is better shown by reference to Figs. 3 and 4, which represent the outer and inner appearance of said corrugation.

The object of my invention is to enable any one skilled in the art to make scissors and shears from thin sheet metal, Without forging, by simply bending or otherwise forming them in shape, with a corrngation ruiming through the handle, and thence along the back edge of the blade, for the purpose ot'strengtheningand giving them a desirable form, thereby producing a scissors that shall be extremely light, of desirable form, and atthe same time a very strong instrument.

I am aware that scissors have been made of sheebsteel formed in a solid and nearly-tinished shape in dies. I am also aware that in other cutting instruments corrugations have been used, all of which I disclaim.

The distinctive character of my improvement is found in the foregoing specitications and the following claim.

Havingdescribed my invention,whatIclaim, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, isV

Cutting-blades of scissors and shears struck up of sheet metal with corrugation or corrugatious running along or near the back edge ot' the blades and through the handle, terminating in the bows, as and for the purpose speci lied.

WILLIAM S. VAN HOESEN.

Witnesses:

W. H. WRIGHT, JOHN OCONNELL. 

